Comments on: Live by Wickard, Die by Wickard http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/04/19/live-by-wickard-die-by-wickard/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: b http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/04/19/live-by-wickard-die-by-wickard/comment-page-1/#comment-2046 b Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:09:50 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1735#comment-2046 I've often thought about the idea of a post-Roe "underground railroad" that ferries <i>women in trouble</i> from anti-abortion states to free states (ones that recognize a woman's right to control her own body). I want it to work because federalist decentralization is so elegant and pluralistic, almost Solomonic in its sensibility. But really, how would this work? You're 15 and pregnant. You live in Mississippi. You're from a family of modest means and you're scared and not terribly bright (hey, you're 15). Are you supposed to be able to have the wits, means, and presence of mind to get yourself to an abortion provider who may be hundreds of miles away, perhaps as far as Florida or Ohio? I think if we're going to be honest about this, we must acknowledge that the federalist solution will mean that <b>some</b> women will lose access to abortion. I’ve often thought about the idea of a post-Roe “underground railroad” that ferries women in trouble from anti-abortion states to free states (ones that recognize a woman’s right to control her own body).

I want it to work because federalist decentralization is so elegant and pluralistic, almost Solomonic in its sensibility. But really, how would this work?

You’re 15 and pregnant. You live in Mississippi. You’re from a family of modest means and you’re scared and not terribly bright (hey, you’re 15). Are you supposed to be able to have the wits, means, and presence of mind to get yourself to an abortion provider who may be hundreds of miles away, perhaps as far as Florida or Ohio?

I think if we’re going to be honest about this, we must acknowledge that the federalist solution will mean that some women will lose access to abortion.

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